Car-seat.



PATENTED JUNE 12, 1906.

E. G. BUDD. A OARSBAT. APY'LIOATION FILED APR.26, 1905.

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EDWARD o. BUDD, OF

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HALE-KILBURN METAL COMPANY, OF PHILADELHlL-X. PENNSYL- VANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYLVANIA.

CAR-SEAT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 12, 1906.

Application filed April 26, 1905. Serial No. 257,538.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, EDWARD G. Bonn, a citizen of the Unlted States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a certaln new and useful Improvement in (Jar- Seats, (Case A,) of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates particularly toan improved frame for (air-seats and the like, and has for its object to produce a strong and durable device, constructed, preferably, oi pressed steel, which may be economically manufactured and easil assembled.

A further object is to provide a structure which while meeting the requirements of practical use shall be capable ol expression in graceful form, adding to theornamental appearance of the seat as a whole.

In carrying out the invention I employ as part ol the seatl'rame a suitable support, on

one or both sides ol which is mounted a seat end including an arm-rest and inade, preferably, in the form of two n'esscdstccl sections having coactint lips, whereby such sections may be pcrmal itly secured together by riv- Qts or other suitable means. ol wood or metal and of any desired configuration, may be mounted upon and attached to said sections in any suitable manner. Within the space between such sections I mount struts coacting with the internal faces of such sections and preventing collapse thereof. Extending through said sections and through said struts are bolts, htaded on either side of said sections and preventing expansion thereof. The construction as thus briclly disclosed )ossesses great strength ddition by the adoption of aneling, graceful lines, &c., may be made higTil y ornamental in a ppearanco.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which i 'ure 1 is an end View ol a car-seat pro vide with my invention. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2, Fig. 1, with the arm-rest removed; and Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3 3, Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, in which similar letters denote corresponding parts, A designatcs. the supporting member of the scatl'rame, here shown in the form of a pedestal and carrying the seat end B. Of the lat- Thc arm-rest,

the mechanism of being supported by for there may be but one, the seat at the other end the side wall or a suitable frame-plate carried thereby. Within the l'rame is mounted a suitable seat-cushion O and back i), the latter being prclcrably ol' the reversible walls over type and so coacting with the seatcushion as to transmit movement thereto upon reversal from one facing direction to the other.

Turning now to the seat end B more particularly concerned in the present invention, this is here shown as l'ormed in two substantially similar sections 1) Z), although they may oi course be varied within wide limits. Each section is preferably stamped or pressed from a single integral sheet of steel, a single operation not only determining its conliguration, but also paneling the same, as shown, for instance, in the drawings, where the main body port ion is provided with parallel ribs or beads b", and the edges of such body portion, as well as of the upwardly-extending arms I) 1" are ,bo\ ved or curved outwardly upon symmetrical lines, giving the appearance of olumn-lilte supports tor the arinrest E. The extreme (abutting) edges of each of the seetions D1 are provided with coacting beads or flanges, extending inwardly, as shown, or outwardly. in practice the. extreme edge of one section will be given a slight llare in order that the plates may be joined under pressure and held by their couction with each other during the l'urthcr assembliiu ol' the sc reral parts. The overlapping euges are permanently and rigidly connectcdby means ol' rivets I)". As thus constituted the seat end, with the arm-rest E in place thereon, is practically complete in appearance. To give it additional strength. as well as to permit the use of relatively thin sheets ol steel without introducing the und sirable element of weakness, i provide the seal cud, on each side ol' the center lhercol', with a strut F, here shown as l orincd ol'lwo parallel metallic bars ol' ubstantial thickness and coextensive in width with the space between the adjacent inner laces oi the sections 1) I), so as to abut against the same and prevent collapse thereol. Said bars are secured together by any suitable means as, for instance, by rivets f and have angular opposilelycxtending l'eetf, closing the recess between the sec.-

tions 1) 6', through which such struts are insertcd'. At suitable intervals throughout theirlength the members of each of said struts are separated sufficiently to permit the passage between the same of boltsf which pass also through suitable orifices in-the sections 32 b, each of said bolts having a head at one end (preferably the outer end) and a screwthread and nut at the other. Upon lacing the bolts f" in position and turning t 1e nuts home thereon the sections I) Z). are clamped firmly against the edges of the struts F, whereby not only is undue expansion prevented, but the seat end as a whole rigidly united and capable of resisting any strain to which it may be subjected in practice.

The exact shape or configuration of the seat end or those of the struts F is of. course immaterial, and much latitude may be observed in this regard also, if desired, the armrestmay be formed integral with the sections I) b or one of them, or, if separate, such sections may be provided with shoulders I)", either integral therewith or separate tl1erefrom to afford greaterbearing for such sepa rate arm-rest. These and many other mpdification's may readily be made without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages of the invention.

Having now described my invention, what Iclaim as new .therein, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is follows:

3,. In a car-seat, a metallic seat end com prising two pressed sheet-metal plates havmg flanges at their lateral edges bent to close the lateraledges of the seat end and means for securing said plates together, a pedestal on -.Wl]j.0h said seat end is mounted, a seat and a movable back supported by said seat end hnd an arm-rest secured on the upper edge of the seat end above the seat and in a plane parallel with the seat, substantially as set forth.

2. In a car-seat, a metallic seat end comprising two sheet-metal plates, a spacer between thein and means securing the plates together, said plates having flanges at the ihteral edges bent to close the lateral edges of the seat end, and a flange at the top, and an arm-rest secured on said flange at the top of the seatend in a plane parallel with the seat, substantially as set forth.

3. In a car-seat, a metallic seat end comprising two sheet-metal plates, a s )acer between them and means securing tl together, said plates having flanges at the lateral edges bent to close the lateral edges of the seat end and imvard'ly-turned flanges on the upper edges of the plates, a seat and a mova le back supported by said seat end, and an arm-rest detachably secured on said inwardly-turned flanges above the top of said seat, substantially as set forth.

4. In a car-seat, a metallic seat end comprising two sheetemetal plates, a spacer bere plates tween them and means securing the plates together, said plates being pressed to form columns at the lateral edges and flanges at said edges bent to close the lateral edges of the seat end, a seat and a movable back supported by said seat end, and an armrest secured on the upper edge of said seat end above the top of said seat and overlying the ends of said columns, substantially as set forth.

5. In a car-seat, a metallic seat end comprising two sheet-metal plates, a spacer between them, means securing the plates together, flanges at the lateral edges of said plates bent to close the lateral edges of the seat end, flanges at thetop of the plates and means for securing the last-named flanges together, and an arm-rest secured upon said last-named flanges, substantially as set forth.

6. In a car-seat, a metallic. seat end comprising two sheet-metal plates, a spacer between them, means securing the plates together, flanges at the lateral edges of said plates bent to close the lateral edges of the seat end, flanges at the top of the plates and means for securing the last-named flanges together, and an arm-rest detachably secured upon said last-named flanges, substantially as set forth.

7. In a car-seat, a metallic seat end comprising two sheetmetal plates, a strut between them, a bolt passing through the plates and strut and securing them together, flanges closing the lateral edges of the plates,

flanges at the upper edges of the plates and means securing said'last-mentioned flanges together, and an arm-rest secured on said last-mentioned. flanges, substantially as set forth.

8. in a car-seat, a metallic seat end com prising two sheet-metal plates, a strut between them, a bolt passing through the plates and strut and securing them together, flanges closing the lateral edges of the plates, flanges at the upper edges of the plates and means securing said lastnamed flanges together,

and an arm-rest detachably secured on said.

last-mentioned flanges, substantially as set forth.

9. In a seat, the combination with a frame, of a seat end comprising two substantially parallel plates, means for securing said plates together at one edge thereof, an arm-rest secured upon said edge, a twopart strut between said. plates and abutting against the internal faces thereof, and means for securing said plates and strut together, substantially set forth;

1.0. In a seat, the combination. with a frame, of a seat end. formed in sections, a twopart strut between. such sections and abutting against the internal faces thereof, and

1neans for securing said sections and strut to gether, substantially as set forth.

11. In a seat; the combination With a 15 flange at the top a assess 3 frame, of a seat end formed in sections, a two- I prising two pressed sheetmetal plates havpert strut between such sections, said parts ing flanges at their lateral edges bent to close 20 being secured together but having passages the lateral edges of the seat end and having between such parts, and bolts passing overlapping portions, rivets coasting With tl 'onghv said sections and through the pas- I said portions to secure the plates together, a. in said strut, substantially es set forth. pedestal on which said seat end 'is mounted, ,a 1 et llic seat end comseat and movable beck supported by said tel ates, a perforated seat end and an arm-rest secured on the upthcm meg integral por per edge of the seat end above the seat and in s ngle the body portion e plane parallel with the seat, substantially e1 'ng through the as set forth.

or securing the r This specification signed and witnessed 0 having {iengies i this 18th day of April, 1905.

he seat one anc e an arm-rest secured I EDWARD BUDD upon said "flange a top of the seat end, substantially s orth. l In a ca1'sest, a metallic seat end eom- I W'itnesses:

JOHN"LITTLE, P. J. TUCKER. 

